#42CDDC#42CDDC

#42CDDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDDC
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -31.76, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 36.61, 209.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.1058 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.117 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9907, 49.9839, 75.3946)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDDC #DC5142

analogous

#42DC9E #42CDDC #4280DC

triadic

#42CDDC #DC42CD #CDDC42

tetradic

#42CDDC #9E42DC #DC5142 #80DC42

square

#42CDDC #9E42DC #DC5142 #80DC42

split-complementary

#42CDDC #DC4280 #DC9E42

monochromatic

#1A7F8A #23AFBE #42CDDC #76DBE6 #A9E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#42CDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDDC

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDDC	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce6',
    500: '#42cddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cddc;
$custom-light: #8bdce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7814,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDDC

secondary

#DDA39D

accent

#4D3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDDC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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